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A senator has asked why Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh has yet to be investigated for sedition after posting a picture of himself holding a sword on Facebook. Akmal had posted the picture, taken during a recent trip to Japan, on March 14. The picture was captioned: “No matter what, we will not waver from our stance. Better to die standing than live kneeling.”
Lawyer and social activist Siti Kasim said: "I recently saw a TikTok video where he (Akmal) was seen calling the Malays to be ready. He was seen sharpening a parang ... this is something the police must act on.
"It is like he is instigating the Malays to create problems. Islam never teaches us all this," said Siti.
PKR, don’t you know Akmal is untouchable even by the law?
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30, 2024: Kelantan PKR Youth chief Ezzat Hanuzi has demanded that Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh apologise to the Kelantan Sultan for questioning Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s pardon.
Is Ezzat that naive? Does he or anyone believe the racial and religious bigoted Akmal will heed his demand to apologise?
To date, Akmal has ignored the 3R (Race, Religion, Royalty) and continues to spew racial and religious hatred to sow seeds of discord among multiracial-multi-reilgious Malaysians to shatter national unity.
At the height of the KK Mart and other religious issues, the police “reluctantly” hauled him up for questioning and that’s it.
Has anyone heard anything about the case from the police?
It is all a wayang kulit (shadow show) as the bigoted Akmal appears to be untouchable by the law.
So, Ezzat, why waste your time, energy and breath demanding an apology from Akmal? Instead, urge your leader (Malaysia’s 10th Prime Minister) to act?
And why is the PMX even not acting or responding swiftly against the recalcitrant Akmal on the attack from Akmal?
Is it because Akmal represents the racial and religious bigoted Umno that fully supports Akmal's racial and religious bigotry?
No News Is Bad News reproduces below news reports on the issues:
Apologise to Kelantan sultan for questioning Anwar’s pardon, Akmal told
-30 Dec 2024, 02:43 PM
Kelantan PKR Youth says Dr Akmal Saleh should be more prudent in making statements and build people’s confidence in the legal system.
Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh had questioned whether the royal pardon granted to PKR president Anwar Ibrahim in 2018 had gone through the pardons board. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh has been urged to apologise to Kelantan’s Sultan Muhammad V for questioning the royal pardon granted to PKR president Anwar Ibrahim in 2018.
Kelantan PKR Youth chief Ezzat Hanuzi said Akmal should apologise to the sultan, who was the king from 2016 to 2019, for questioning the pardon process when it had complied with legal procedures, Utusan Malaysia reported.
“As a politician, Akmal should be more responsible (in making public statements) and build the people’s confidence in the Malaysian legal system rather than tarnishing that trust,” said Ezzat.
He also urged the Umno Youth chief to show more respect and camaraderie for the allies in the unity government to preserve good ties among the parties.
Akmal’s query about Anwar’s pardon arose after the Attorney-General’s Chambers said all pardon applications for offences committed in Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya must be submitted to the Federal Territories Pardons Board, which is chaired by the king.
Its statement was in response to speculation over a purported royal order allowing former prime minister Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his jail sentence under house arrest.
In response, Akmal questioned whether the royal pardon granted to Anwar in 2018 had gone through the pardons board.
Anwar received a full royal pardon a week after Pakatan Harapan won power in the 2018 general election. He was freed after serving three years of his five-year jail term for a sodomy conviction.
The PKR president later told Parliament that the royal pardon was granted at the initiative of the then king, Sultan Muhammad.
Did Anwar’s pardon go through FT board, says Akmal
-28 Dec 2024, 08:25 PM
The Umno Youth chief’s query came after the Attorney-General’s Chambers said all pardon applications must be submitted to the pardons board.
Anwar Ibrahim in May 2018 after he was released from jail on a royal pardon from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Muhammad V, through the Federal Territories Pardons Board. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA: Umno Youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh has questioned whether PKR president Anwar Ibrahim’s royal pardon in 2018 had gone through the Federal Territories Pardons Board.
Akmal pointed out that when Anwar was pardoned and released from a five-year jail term for sodomy, no Cabinet had yet been formed by Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who became prime minister after Pakatan Harapan won power in the May 2018 elections.
“I would just like to ask the attorney-general this: when the prime minister (Anwar) was pardoned by the then king, was it brought to the pardons board?” he said in a Facebook post.
Anwar received a full royal pardon days after the May 2018 general election and was freed after serving three years in prison. He later told Parliament that the royal pardon was granted at the initiative of the then Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Muhammad V.
Dr Akmal Saleh.
Akmal’s query was made in response to a statement by the Attorney-General’s Chambers earlier today which said that all pardon applications for offences committed in Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya must be submitted to the FTPB.
The AGC also said all proposals for prisoners in the federal territories to serve the remainder of their sentence under house arrest, including former prime minister Najib Razak, have to be submitted to the board.
It added that the king’s decisions on the advice of the board were subject to legal provisions to prevent such actions from being challenged in court.
In January last year, the Federal Court dismissed a lawyer’s attempt to challenge the legality of the 2018 royal pardon for Anwar. The court held that a decision made in an exercise of the royal prerogative of mercy could not be varied or confirmed by the court, and was not justiciable.
On Jan 6, the Court of Appeal will hear an application by Najib regarding his appeal to serve the remainder of his six-year jail term under house arrest. Najib claims that the provision was contained in a supplementary order to the pardons board decision on Feb 2 to halve his 12-year jail term in the SRC International case.
Najib had previously said the pardons board had omitted to announce the terms of the supplementary order and that the government was in contempt for not complying with it.
The FTPB is chaired by the king and includes the attorney-general, the federal territories minister and three others appointed by the king.
Anwar was a member of the board from November 2022 to December last year, when the federal territories came under the purview of the Prime Minister’s Department. In December, Dr Zaliha Mustafa joined the board after she was made federal territories minister..
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